Indian ExpressThe Budget and the blind men
The defence budget and peopleís assessment of it brings to mind the old story of the elephant and the blind men: each perception depends upon its peculiar
location, says JASJIT SINGH
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India TogetherCitizens' forum to support whistleblowers
When Executive Engineer S K Nagarwal reported corruption in railway track laying in West Bengal, his saga with colluding officials and contractors began. Now, supported by the S K Dubey foundation, a citizens' forum has sprung up to protect Nagarwal and other whistleblowers.
VARUPI JAIN reports.

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Asia TimesIndia pays a high price
for cricket with Pakistan
All play and no work will leave India poorer by an estimated US$30 billion. When Pakistan's 50-day cricket tour of India begins on Thursday, the subcontinent will come to a standstill, all eyes glued to television screens, and the biggest victim will be the economy.
By RAJA M

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Indian ExpressLet our comrades listen to Comrade Giap
Communist countries have indeed learned plenty, not only China but also Vietnam and even Laos. One group that has stubbornly refused to learn anything are our Indian
comrades, says T J S GEORGE

The
logic in having a nuclear missilePakistan has just test-fired another nuclear missile. No one doubts that country's nuclear capability. The only question is whether other
countries aspiring to join the nuclear club will take the silence of the world as a quiet go-ahead
for nuclear testing.
By ERIC KOO PENG KUANCoorg
for coffee?USHA KRIS visits an
estate-turned-resort, and is charmed by the sights and sounds of Karnataka's
coffee district